Vocabulary
Learn Verbs – Tigrinya
ስልጣን ምውሳድ
ኣንበጣ ስልጣን ሒዙ ኣሎ።
silt‘an miwsad
anbeta silt‘an hizu alo.
take over
The locusts have taken over.
ምልማድ
ህጻናት ኣስናኖም ምሕጻብ ክለምዱ ኣለዎም።
mɪl‘mad
hɪs‘anat as‘nænom mɪh‘t͡sab kələm‘du a‘lewom.
get used to
Children need to get used to brushing their teeth.
ናብ
ናብ ነንሕድሕዶም ይምለሱ።
nab
nab nenhdhdom yimelsu.
turn to
They turn to each other.
ምእማን
ብዙሕ ግዜ ንጓላ ክትበልዕ ከተእምና ኣለዋ።
m‘ēmān
bzūḥ gzē ngālā ktēblē kētēmānā ālwā.
persuade
She often has to persuade her daughter to eat.
ብ
እቲ ፒዛ ዘብጽሕ ወዲ ነታ ፒዛ ሒዙ ይመጽእ ።
b
iti piza zbäts‘ḥ wädi näta piza ḥizu yäm‘sä.
bring by
The pizza delivery guy brings the pizza by.
ኣጉልሕ
ብሜክኣፕ ኣዒንትኻ ጽቡቕ ጌርካ ከተጉልሕ ትኽእል ኢኻ።
agul‘h
b‘mek‘ap a‘entka tsubuq gerka ket‘gul‘h tke‘l ika.
emphasize
You can emphasize your eyes well with makeup.
ሕትመት
መጻሕፍትን ጋዜጣታትን ይሕተሙ ኣለዉ።
hitəmət
məsahəftən gäzətatən yəhətəmu aləw.
Books and newspapers are being printed.
ንቕድሚት ንጥምት
ቆልዑ ኩሉ ግዜ በረድ ብሃንቀውታ ይጽበዩ።
nəḳdəmit nəṭimət
qol‘u kulu gʒə bərəd bəħanḳəwtə yiṣəbəyu.
look forward
Children always look forward to snow.
ምብላዕ
እዚ መሳርሒ እዚ ክንደይ ከም እንሃልኽ ይዕቅን።
mib-la
ezi me-sar-he ezi ken-dey kem en-hal-ekh yi-eq-en.
consume
This device measures how much we consume.
ክትወጽእ ትደሊ
እቲ ቆልዓ ንደገ ክወጽእ ይደሊ።
kitewo‘ts‘e t‘deli
eti kol‘a ndege k‘wo‘ts‘e yedeli.
want to go out
The child wants to go outside.
ለይቲ ምሕዳር
ኣብ መኪና ኢና ንሓድር ዘለና።
ləyti məḥdār
ab məkīna ēna nəḥādr zəlēna.
spend the night
We are spending the night in the car.